Main Street Rag is best known for publishing poetry, but they also publish novels, novellas, short story collections, and essay collections. Guidelines are on their website....
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Whether you are pursuing the publication of your first book or your fifth, use the Small Presses database to find contact information, submission guidelines, and representative authors—everything you need to determine which publishers match your vision for your writing and your writing life. Use the filters below to find presses with reading periods that are open now or opening soon (within the next thirty days), accept unsolicited submissions, and match all of your criteria for the perfect publisher of your work.
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Reading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction -
Good writing in most genres. For 40 years, Manic D has published a diverse spectrum of titles by a wide range of writers.
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Marsh Hawk Press books often highlight the affinity of poetry and the visual arts. Each book is produced with particular care to visual style, often including reproductions of...
Read moreReading Period: Dec 1 to Apr 30Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: PoetryGenres: Narrative Nonfiction -
El Martillo Press publishes writers whose pens strike the page with clear intent; words with purpose to pry apart assumed norms and to hammer away at injustice. El Martillo...
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Mayapple Press is a small literary press founded in 1978 by poet and editor Judith Kerman. They focus on literature not often celebrated by either the mainstream or the avant-...
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Specializing in books by authors from the heartland since 2014, Meadowlark Press is an independent publisher, born of a desire to produce high-quality books for print and...
Read moreReading Period: Sep 1 to Dec 1Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Autobiography/Memoir -
Miami University Press publishes poetry and poetry in translation, novellas and short fiction, and books about Miami University nonfiction.
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Independent poetry press publishing primarily under the imprints Body Language (LGBT and sexuality) and Fabula Rasa (myth and fairy tale). They also publish the Sapphic...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry, TranslationGenres: Feminist, LGBTQ Voices, Translation -
Milk and Cake Press seeks to publish an eclectic collection of poems. They love language, the sounds it creates, and the power of it to name and shape. They welcome work from a...
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Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent, nonprofit literary publishers, releasing twenty to thirty new books each year in the genres of fiction, nonfiction...
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Modern Barbarian Press takes pride in publishing a little bit of everything. They look for original work in poetry, short prose, and flash fiction. At the moment, they’re...
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Motina Books is a traditionally-modeled small press that focuses on publishing books that are of interest to women and mothers. It’s commonly known that the author, no matter...
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MWC Press is the publishing imprint of the Midwest Writing Center, a 501(c)(3) literary arts non-profit. All sales from MWC Press go back into programs and toward future...
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New American Press is an independent literary publisher committed to bringing readers the best in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations from across the...
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New Delta Review is an online literary and arts journal produced by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Louisiana State University. Since 1984, it has...
Read moreReading Period: Oct 1 to Nov 15, Feb 1 to Mar 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative NonfictionGenres: Cross-genre, Experimental -
New Issues Poetry & Prose, a nonprofit, university-based publisher, was established in 1996 and publishes eight to 12 new titles each year with a focus on...
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NMP is a publisher of chapbooks and broadsides. The press has a pretty wide aesthetic range and acquires manuscripts primarily through their yearly chapbook contest ($1,000...
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Nightboat Books publishes work that resists convention and transcends boundaries—books rich with poignancy, intelligence, and risk.
Reading Period: May 15 to Jul 9, Sep 1 to Nov 15Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, TranslationGenres: Cross-genre -
Noemi Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publisher, striving to introduce voices marginalized by mainstream presses to a broader audience. Noemi provides writers with support and...
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NDSU Press publishes regional scholarship and literary contributions. Their region includes the Red River Valley, the state of North Dakota, the Great Plains of the United...
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Not a Cult is a multimedia production house creating books of fine art and poetry, records, and large-scale creative projects.
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NYQ Books was established in 2009 as an imprint of the New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc. Its mission is to augment the New York Quarterly poetry magazine by...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Temporarily Closed to SubmissionsGenre: Poetry -
Omnidawn’s mission is to publish work that explores what it means to step beyond the social and personal, the external and internal, boundaries that narrow our lives. We seek...
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Open Country Press was established in 2016 by Natalie Peeterse, who runs the press along with Autumn Toennis. The press’ mission is to publish high quality and dynamic literary...
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The mission of the Origami Poems Project™ is the encouragement of literature and the arts by bringing free poetry to everyone through the printing and distribution of free...
Read moreReading Period: Jan 1 to Dec 31Genre: PoetryGenres: Micro-poetry, Prose Poetry
